Memograph target



Oct. 18, 1938. REARDQN 2,133,308

MEMOGRAPH TARGET Filed Aug. 5, 1957 Fig-1 z a: .9-

5 /6 DATE SCORE DUP LiCATE Patented Oct. 18, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE 8 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in targets and particularly toprinted targets of sheet material designed for use with nonpiercingprojectiles, such as rubber or wooden or composition balls or bullets,arrows or the like, that are suitable for the purpose. The object of myinvention is to provide a memo target for the temporary and, if desired,permanent recording of hits made thereon by projectiles. I provide atarget which l0 automatically registers and marks hits made bynon-piercing projectiles upon its face, retains the markings as long asdesired, and affords means for their instant removal to present a cleantarget face, While preserving a record of each hit upon a duplicaterecording or memo target that is readily replaceable, thus affording ameans of preserving for reference a copy of each target score made.

My target has also, in addition to economy and convenience of operation,the advantage of being commercially producible at low cost. As inkeeping with the nature of my target, I further provide, as especiallysuitable for use with it, an arrow projectile which marks the target ina distinctive way that identifies the shooter, so that the individualscores made by a number of shooters using the target at the same timeare visibly distinguishable from each other by the marking made by eachon the target face. This I accomplish by means of an arrow having a headmolded as a stamp or seal that will mark the target in a shotidentifying manner.

I attain the object of my invention by the construction illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the target, showing the several layersof sheet material of which it is comprised.

Figure 2 is a facial plan of the target as shown in Figure l, butshowing the target as with hit marks thereon and a lower corner raisedto illustrate hit erasure procedure, also depicting the memo orduplicate score target as pulled down preparatory to tearing it off forpreservation of the score recorded.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of a target-marking, shooter-identifying,seal headed arrow, designed to mark the target as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a facial plan of the head of the arrow shown in Figure 3. Inthe drawing similar numerals refer to similar parts.

The target face I is a sheet of tracing linen or the like, or paper,Cellophane or other suitable material that is translucent, flexible, andpreferably non-resilient, on which is printed or otherwise depicted atarget design 2 of regulation type,

or any other design deemed desirable, preferably with the severaldivisions of different scoring value finished in light color pastelshades, so that a black mark will show distinctly on same. If theregulation target face is used, the bulls-eye may be in a light shade orin outline only.

Beneath the target face sheet I is a sheet 3 of linen, paper, or othersuitable material of dark color, the front surface 4 of which is coatedwith any suitable compound or substance of slightly adhesive,non-hardening nature that will adhere to a contacting surface yet peeloff same, such as a compound of rubber or the like, gum and heavy oil.The rear side 5 of said dark sheet 3 is coated with a composition suchas used on the carbon transfer sheets in common use, and binding thebottom edge of said dark sheet 3 is a cross bar 6 of tin or pasteboardwith ends inserted loosely in side frame, which serves to keep the sheetin place and facilitates handling of it. Beneath the dark sheet 3 is asheet of paper on which is printed a duplicate target I, having on itsmargin positioning marks 8, and a serial number, as 8, if desired, thisduplicate or memo target I being positioned to coincide with the facetarget I by means of said marks 8 on memo target I and marks I0 at theedge of a register opening II in the target face sheet I and dark sheet3. The said three sheets: the face target sheet I, the adhesive-carbonsheet 3, and the duplicate or memo target sheet 'I, loosely superposedand secured together in part so as to maintain relative position to eachother, constitute essentially my complete target, because the unit thusassembled may be placed against a wall and fired at. But in theembodiment of my idea herein presented, the backing and ready means ofreplacing the memo target are provided. The sheets I and 3 are boundtogether at the top by a long tubular spring clip I2 which has its endsjournalled in recesses I3 in the sides I4 of a box frame I5 of lightwood, pasteboard or metal, so that these sheets hang down across theface board I6 of said box frame I5, which thus constitutes a back boardand also a sounding board to enhance the effect of projectile impact,and supports the duplicate target I which descends from a roll I! ofsame that is mounted in the upper part of box frame I5 between the sidesI4 of it by means of a roller i8 journalled in said sides. An aperturedhanger bar I9 across the sides I4 at the back permits the target to behung on a nail on a Wall. As a de sirable acecssory of my target Iinclude and show in Figures 3 and 4 an arrow 20 which has a head 2| thatmay be molded of hard rubber or other suitable substance to form a sealor stamp, as indicated in Figure 4, of any design desired, so that eachimpact of these arrow heads upon the target will leave an imprint thatwill identify the shooter by the design he uses, thus differentiatingthe individual scores if several shooters fire upon one target.

The operation ofmy memograph target is obviously simple. Having set itup, say, by hanging it on a wall, a projectile, say, one of the sealheaded arrows shown in Figures 3 and 4, is fired at the target from asuitable distance. Impact of the arrow head on the translucent facetarget I forces that facial sheet back against'the front side of thedark adhesive-carbon sheet 3, making an adherent contact with thatsurface of same which is visible on the face of said target I, andsimultaneously forces the rear or carbon face of dark sheet 3 back intocontact with the memo or duplicate target 1, against the backboard l6,thus marking the shot, as 22, on both the face target and the duplicatetarget, in whatever shot identifying design is used on the seal head ofthe arrow projectile, as, for instance, the triangle shown in the hitsdepicted upon the target face I in Figure 2, as 22. Other projectiles ofnon-piercing nature may, of course, also be used to mark the target. Thescore being completed, the facial target I is gripped by thumb andfinger at the lower edge and lifted to break its adhesive contact withdark sheet 3 at the points of shot impact, the shot markings instantlydisappearing as sheets I and 3 separate as at 23, thus restoring theface target I to normal clear condition. The duplicate, memo targetsheet 1 may then be gripped at bottom edge, pulled down untilthefollowing target from roll 91 descends into proper position, asindicated by registering of positioning marks 8 on the target sheet 1with the marks Hi of the register opening H in face target sheet I, andthen torn off to preserve as a record of the score made. The name ofshooter, etc., may be filled in, if desired, in the space provided forsame on the margin of memo target I.

The preferred embodiment of my invention is shown herein but it will ofcourse, be recognized that other embodiments are practicable within thespirit of the invention.

In a simplified modification of my target, the target sheet may have itsreverse side made effectively adhesive by a coating of suitablecompound, such as a clear, non-hardening, waxy varnish, or the like, andthe adjoining face of the dark back sheet remain uncoated, with a smoothsurface to which the target sheet will adhere where forced against it bymissile impact, yet be readily separable therefrom by sheet separation.

I claim:

1. In a target for non-piercing projectiles, a permanent front targetsheet and a replaceable duplicate back target sheet and intermediatesheet means for simultaneously marking by missile impact the fronttarget and the duplicate target, and means for removing the marking fromsaid front target by separating the front and intermediate sheets.

2. In a target for non-piercing projectiles, a face sheet of flexibletranslucent material having a target design imprinted thereon superposedupon a sheet of material having a dark surface coated with a slightlyadhesive substance, and means for binding said sheets together in part.

3. In a target for non-piercing projectiles, a face sheet of flexibletranslucent material having 7 a target design imprinted thereon in lightshades of color and superposed upon a back sheet of dark coloredmaterial having a slightly adhesive surface and bound in part to same.

4. In a target for non-piercing projectiles, a flexible translucent facesheet having a target design thereon and a duplicate, recording targetsheet behind said face target sheet and registering therewith, and asheet of dark material, coated on one side with a slightly adhesivesubstance and on the reverse with carbon transfer substance,intermediate said face target sheet and said duplicate target sheet, andmeans for holding said sheets superposed.

5. In a target for non-piercing projectiles, a facial sheet of flexibletranslucent material having a target design thereon superposed upon asheet of dark material, a coating of slightly adhesive, non-hardeningsubstance upon one of the adjoin ing surfaces of said facial sheet anddark sheet, a coating of carbon transfer substance on the reverse ofsaid dark sheet, a target carrier having means to hold said sheetstogether in part upon its face, and a roll of duplicate targets mountedon said carrier to pass between the reverse of said dark sheet and theface of said carrier.

6. In a target for non-piercingprojectiles,aface sheet of flexibletranslucent material having a target design imprinted thereon superposedloosely upon a back sheet of material having a dark surface, a coatingof slightly adhesive substance upon one of the opposed surfaces of saidface and back sheets, and means for binding said sheets together inpart.

7. In a target for non-piercing projectiles, a face sheet of flexibletranslucent material having a target design imprinted thereon in lightshades of color and superposed upon a back sheet of dark coloredmaterial, a detachably adhesive surface upon one of the opposed faces ofsaid front and back sheets, and means for binding said sheets togetherin part.

8. In a target for non-piercing projectiles, a flexible translucenttarget sheet and a dark back sheet bound together in part and in loosesuperposition in part, and means intermediate of the contacting surfacesof said sheets whereby they detachably adhere to each other when forcedtogether by projectile impact.

ROBERT EDWIN REARDON.

